A quick guide to understanding and implementing Charitable Soft Opt-Ins for your organisation It has always been challenging for charitable organisations to establish clear consent to be able to reach out to people we interact with via email or text. In short, if we have collected someone's email or phone number can we contact them? The Data Use and Access Act 2025 has extended Soft opt-in rules to charities and came into effect in February 2026. Charitable soft opt-in allow

Sign up to the NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Business Intelligence Portal (BIP) What is BIP? This is the central online platform through which staff and partners access can population health dashboards, performance analytics, and Business Intelligence reports created by the Integrated Care System. It is a repository of data that can support you with decision making, planning, and health inequalities work as well as support your local knowledge and experience with intelligence fo